Clark's nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) use gestures to identify the location of hidden food

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Tornick, Jan K ^a   Gibson, Brett M ^a   Kispert, David ^a   Wilkinson, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaze; Gestures; Heterospecific communication; Object choice; Pointing; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORVIDA; MAMMALIA; NUCIFRAGA; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650749277     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0349-2     Document Type: Article

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